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Meaning of Modify | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. To be or become modified; change.
  2. To make or become different:alter, change, mutate, turn, vary.
  3. to change the form or quality of, usually slightly. We had to modify the original design. wysig, verander يُخَفِّف، يُهَدِّئ ، يُعَدِّل ، يُغَيِّر променям modificar pozměnit (se) abändern ændre τροποποιώmodificar muutma بهتر کردن muuttaa modifier לְשַׁנוֹת सुधारना, संशोधन करना preinačiti módosít mengubah breyta (lítillega) modificare 修正する 수정하다 modifikuoti, pakeisti modificēt, pārveidot mengubah suai wijzigenendre, gjøre forandringer modyfikować لا ښه كول modificar a modifica модифицировать u...
    usually
  4. wysiging, verandering تَخْفيف، تَعْديل промяна modificação úprava, snížení die Abänderung ændring τροποποίηση, τροπολογίαmodificación teisend تعدیل muutos modificationשינוי सुधार preinaka módosítás modifikasi smábreyting, lagfæring modificazione, modifica 修正 수정 modifikacija, (nedidelis) pakeitimas modifikācija pengubahsuaian wijzigingforandringer, modifiseringmodyfikacja تعديل modificação modificare модификация modifikácia sprememba izmena modifiering, modifikation การเปลี่ยนแปลง değişiklik, ...
  5. vt. modificar, cambiar.
  6. To change in form or character; alter.
  7. To make less extreme, severe, or strong: refused to modify her stand on the issue.
  8. Grammar To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.
    Grammar
  9. Linguistics To change (a vowel) by umlaut.
    Linguistics
  10. to change the structure, character, intent, etc, of

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Mastery
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